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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the proposal and the reaction of republicans from todd zwillich of wnyc and public radio international. >> woodruff: then, paul solman reports on the anti-wall street protests, building up steam today as thousands march in new york. >> brown: we look at a supreme court case asking if religious schools have to abide by federal workplace discrimination laws with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> woodruff: from liberia, kira kay examines the struggle to provide mental health care in a country ravaged by years of civil war. >> despite the dangers a traumatized population presents in a still fragile country, liberia has only one psychiatrist and a single mental hospital with a total of 80 beds. >> brown: gwen ifill talks with google's executive chairman, eric schmidt about growing pressure on the internet giant from federal regulators and the tech marketplace. >> washington is the government and therefore they can screw us up, an
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the proposal and the reaction of republicans from todd zwillich of wnyc and public radio international. >> woodruff: then, paul solman reports on the anti-wall street protests, building up steam today as thousands march in new york. >> brown: we look at a supreme court case asking if religious schools have to abide by federal workplace discrimination laws with marcia coyle of the...
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i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ow! of course. thank you. i'd call her honeydew goodbody, not lisa. the very fact that she is called lisa proves that she exists.
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it was. >> brown: the decision to just do it. >> after hearing what is the alternative. >> brown: but there was still more tragedy on the way. a year later bassist barry oakley died in a eerily similar motorcycle accident near the spot where duane was killed. all that raining money led to a torrent of problems for the band and greg allman in particular through the '70s and beyond. alcohol abuse, drug addiction, broken marriages, most famously to cher. are interestingly, this man w has ved life so loudly and publicly sees himself as quite the opposite. you write about yourself and even talking to you here, you're a shy person. is that right? >> that's right. brown: and yet you get up on stage and you perform for thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. >> if i really looked out there and just scanned them, you know, i'd go running off the stage, man. (laughing) if i'd have gave it serious thought, you know, i probably wouldn't. poof. disappear. >> brown: greg allman is now 64 and sober 17 years. hes a was granted a new lease on life after a liver transplant two years ago. he and the
it was. >> brown: the decision to just do it. >> after hearing what is the alternative. >> brown: but there was still more tragedy on the way. a year later bassist barry oakley died in a eerily similar motorcycle accident near the spot where duane was killed. all that raining money led to a torrent of problems for the band and greg allman in particular through the '70s and beyond. alcohol abuse, drug addiction, broken marriages, most famously to cher. are interestingly, this...
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i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding forhe pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org which foot was it? best make that "best wishes." we don't want them getng their hopes up, do we? no, i suppose not. have always done it. why should she watch the flowers? nobody really remembers,
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, political editor david chalian sets the scene for this last week of campaigning. >> ifill: then paul solman looks at what happens when a government program to help homeowners misses its mark. >> it's a nightmare, just ryiong to get a simple answer. >> brown: and binyamin appelbaum of the "new york times" has the latest on the investigation into the foreclosure mess. >> ifill: margaret warner delves into what we've learned about the iraq war from the latest trove of secret documents exposed by the web site wikileaks. >> brown: ray suarez previews his series of global health unit reports from mozambique. >> ifill: and producer/director judd apatow talks about his high success rate with low comedy. >> we're all kingd if idiot kids trying to act like we know what we're doing. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by co
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, political editor david chalian sets the scene for this last week of campaigning. >> ifill: then paul solman looks at what happens when a government program to help homeowners misses its mark. >> it's a nightmare, just ryiong to get a simple answer. >> brown: and binyamin appelbaum of the "new york times" has the latest on the investigation into the foreclosure mess. >> ifill: margaret warner...
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jeffrey brown has our conversation. >> brown: it's by now a familiar warning. our public schools are not adequately educating our children. a new report put out by the council on foreign relations frames the risk in a global context. impacting both our economic and military might. among its recommendations, expanding a core curriculum in school districts across the country beyond an emphasis on reading and math to include more science, technology, history and foreign languages. offer students more choice and competition to public schools and launch a tional secury readiness audit to raise awareness and hold schools accountable. the 30-member task force was headed by former secretary of state condoleezza rice and former new york city schools chancellor joel klein. condoleezza rice, welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: secretary rice, why as a national security issue. make it con sdplet what's the specific impact you see in education? >> it's broader than what you can do with your military forces obviously, but even there when it comes to the very tangible assets tha
jeffrey brown has our conversation. >> brown: it's by now a familiar warning. our public schools are not adequately educating our children. a new report put out by the council on foreign relations frames the risk in a global context. impacting both our economic and military might. among its recommendations, expanding a core curriculum in school districts across the country beyond an emphasis on reading and math to include more science, technology, history and foreign languages. offer...
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if jerry brown wins this race-- which i think he's probably like to do, narrowly--t's almost impossie for carly fiorina beat barbara boxer in the senate race sot'sikel both these republican ladies will lose out here and you'll see california stay blue. >> ros so whaill hpen nneccut? the nate re? well, tt race i think has moved pretty comftably into theemoctic catory forick blumenthal, yeah. >>rose: what about colorado where alhunt was >> everything out the for the last couple weeks has suggested michael bennett in trouble and ken buck, the republican, tea party candidate, seemed to be on the march. as al pointed out, he sort of put his foot in his mouth over this past weekend and in a very, very close race that might make a little difference. but i think probably if i had to bet today,that's a republican pickup. >> rose: what's the most interesting race for you, whether it's in the housetor nate >> unquestionably nevada. you cannot think harry reads reelection campaign, he's the most powerful american the senate, he's been there forever and people in that state are angry, angry, angry
if jerry brown wins this race-- which i think he's probably like to do, narrowly--t's almost impossie for carly fiorina beat barbara boxer in the senate race sot'sikel both these republican ladies will lose out here and you'll see california stay blue. >> ros so whaill hpen nneccut? the nate re? well, tt race i think has moved pretty comftably into theemoctic catory forick blumenthal, yeah. >>rose: what about colorado where alhunt was >> everything out the for the last couple...
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i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we have the latest after the administration says u.s. military activities are not full blown hostilities. >> brown: then, we get an update from wisconsin after the state supreme court ruled that a law could take effect that would strip most public workers of key collective bargaining rights. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. . >> some people here in western colorado believe a national gas production technique called f >> brown: ray suarez examines allegations of war crimes committed by the sri lankan government near the end of the country's 25-year-long civil war. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, letting kids be kids in a skating park in war-torn afghanistan. >> there's nothing like watching an afghan woman go down a ramp for the first time. she's achieved something that she never thought she would. >> bro
i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we have the latest after the administration says u.s. military activities are not full blown hostilities. >> brown: then, we get an update from wisconsin after the state supreme court ruled that a law could take effect that would strip most public workers of key collective bargaining rights. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. ....
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jeffrey brown begins with this look back at the life of the glamorous actress and icon. >> brown: on screen and off, elizabeth taylor was larger than life-- a legendary hollywood star for nearly seven decades. >> we'll win for you, mother. >> brown: fame came first as a child actress. taylor was 12 when she played "velvet brown" in the 1944 film, "national velvet." from there, she moved from childhood sweetheart to teen and adult beauty starring with many of hollywood's most prominent leading men in numerous famed roles and films. "a place in the sun," with montgomery clift in 1951. >> it seems like we always spend the best part of our time... just saying goodbye. >> brown: "giant" came five years later, opposite james dean and rock hudson. >> i'm a tough texian. >> brown: and in 1958, the tennessee williams' drama, "cat on a hot tin roof" with paul newman. >> is it any wonder? you know what i feel like? i feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof! >> then jump off the roof, maggie, jump off. cats jump off roofs and they land uninjured. do it! jump! >> jump where? into what? >>
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jeffrey brown has that. ♪ you're shining ♪ i can see you. >> brown: diamond in the rough at least to my ears your songs are... >> pretty much so. brown: are they a way of working things out? where do they come from? >> well, it's hard to say. sometimes they come from somewhere you're not sure. some words will come to you. out of the blue. or while you're kind of messing around with a bit of music. then you just never know. then sometimes, yeah, you're hurting and you want to write about what's going on. but the last thing i'll say is that if you're really really really hurting, as in terribly depressed, you're not creating. >> brown: you're not? it's impossible. >> it's impossible. brown: did music become a way to find your way or a way out of the world you were in? >> music was everything. in fact, in my early 20s, i didn't sing because i had some voice trouble. without singing i really spirald downward. i didn't know who i was. music was my gift. so i had to learn some lessons about who the heck i was without it. and then i was kind of free. >> brown: like any career it kind of goe
jeffrey brown has that. ♪ you're shining ♪ i can see you. >> brown: diamond in the rough at least to my ears your songs are... >> pretty much so. brown: are they a way of working things out? where do they come from? >> well, it's hard to say. sometimes they come from somewhere you're not sure. some words will come to you. out of the blue. or while you're kind of messing around with a bit of music. then you just never know. then sometimes, yeah, you're hurting and you want...
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jeffrey brown has a preview. >> brown: they're two of the nba's most exciting teams with perhaps the two greatest players today. miami heat with lebron james and the oklahoma city thunder with kevin dur ant. they're a study in contrasts. veteran versus youth, established super stars versus rising stars. for the heat it's all about the big three. s james, the league's most valuable player, and forward chris bosh arrived in 2010 as high-priced free agents. joining veteran guard duane wade. oklahoma city counters with a core of talented young players, including scoring champ durant and point guard russell westbrook assembled through the nba draft. for the league itself a lot is riding on a high-profile final after a season shortenedded and then almost canceled following a long labor dispute between owners and players. >> brown: kevin craft covers the nba and other sports as a writer for the atlantic. he joins me now. kevin, we're probably both sports fans here but beyond the realm of sports it's always interesting in the culture how some people rouse everybody, right? loved and hate. le
jeffrey brown has a preview. >> brown: they're two of the nba's most exciting teams with perhaps the two greatest players today. miami heat with lebron james and the oklahoma city thunder with kevin dur ant. they're a study in contrasts. veteran versus youth, established super stars versus rising stars. for the heat it's all about the big three. s james, the league's most valuable player, and forward chris bosh arrived in 2010 as high-priced free agents. joining veteran guard duane wade....
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jeffrey brown has our conversation. >> brown: it's by now a familiar warning. our public schools are not adequately educating our children. a new report put out by the council on foreign relations frames the risk in a global context. impacting both our economic and military might. among its recommendations, expanding a core curriculum in school districts across the country beyond an emphasis on reading and math to include more science, technology, history and foreign languages. offer students more choice and competition to public schools and launch a national security readiness audit to raise awareness and hold schools accountable. the 30-member task force was headed by former secretary of state condoleezza rice and former new york city schools chancellor joel klein. condoleezza rice, welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: secretary rice, why as a national security issue. make it con sdplet what's the specific impact you see in education? >> it's broader than what you can do with your military forces obviously, but even there when it comes to the very tangible assets
jeffrey brown has our conversation. >> brown: it's by now a familiar warning. our public schools are not adequately educating our children. a new report put out by the council on foreign relations frames the risk in a global context. impacting both our economic and military might. among its recommendations, expanding a core curriculum in school districts across the country beyond an emphasis on reading and math to include more science, technology, history and foreign languages. offer...
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jeffrey brown begins with this look back at the life of the glamorous actress and icon. >> brown: on screen and off, elizabeth taylor was larger than life-- a legendary hollywood star for nearly seven decades. >> we'll win for you, mother. >> brown: fame came first as a child actress. taylor was 12 when she played "velt brown" in th1944 film, "national velvet." from there, she moved from childhood sweetheart to teen and adult beauty starring with many of hollywood's most prominent leading men in numerous famed roles and films. "a place in the sun," with montgomery clift in 1951. >> it seems like we always spend the best part of our time... just saying goodbye. >> brown: "giant" came five years later, opposite james dean and rock hudson. >> i'm a tough texian. >> brown: and in 1958, the tennessee williams' drama, "cat on a hot tin roof" with paul newman. >> is it any wonder? you know what i feel like? i feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof! >> then jump off the roof, maggie, jump off. cats jump off roofs and they land uninjured. do it! jump! >> jump where? into what? >> brow
jeffrey brown begins with this look back at the life of the glamorous actress and icon. >> brown: on screen and off, elizabeth taylor was larger than life-- a legendary hollywood star for nearly seven decades. >> we'll win for you, mother. >> brown: fame came first as a child actress. taylor was 12 when she played "velt brown" in th1944 film, "national velvet." from there, she moved from childhood sweetheart to teen and adult beauty starring with many of...
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i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we have the latest after the administration says u.s. military activities are not full blown hostilities. >> brown: then, we get an update from wisconsin after the state supreme court ruled that a law could take effect that would strip most public workers of key collective bargaining rights. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. . >> some people here in western colorado believe a national gas production technique cled f >> brown: ray suarez examines allegations of war crimes committed by the sri lankan government near the end of the country's 25-year-long civil war. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, letting kids be kids in a skating park in war-torn afghanistan. >> there's nothing like watching an afghan woman go down a ramp for the first time. she's achieved something that she never thought she would. >> brown
i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we have the latest after the administration says u.s. military activities are not full blown hostilities. >> brown: then, we get an update from wisconsin after the state supreme court ruled that a law could take effect that would strip most public workers of key collective bargaining rights. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. ....
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like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats in congress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthogy of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: gunfire tore at the nation's holiday mood again today, with th
like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats in congress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthogy of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry....
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jeffrey brown has a preview. >> brown: they're two of the nba's most exciting teams with perhaps the two greatest players today. miami heat with lebron james and the oklahoma city thunder with kevin dur ant. they're a study in contrasts. veteran versus youth, established super stars versus rising stars. for the heat it's all about the big three. s james, the league's most valuable player, and forward chris bosh arrived in 2010 as high-priced free agents. joining veteran guard duane wade. oklahoma city counters with a core of talented young players, including scoring champ durant and point guard russell westbrook assembled through the nba draft. for the league itself a lot is riding on a high-profile final after a season shortenedded and then almost canceled following a long labor dispute between owners and players. >> brown: kevin craft covers the nba and other sports as a writer for the atlantic. he joins me now. kevin, we're probably both sports fans here but beyond the realm of sports it's always interesting in the cuure how some people rouse everybody, right? loved and hate. lebr
jeffrey brown has a preview. >> brown: they're two of the nba's most exciting teams with perhaps the two greatest players today. miami heat with lebron james and the oklahoma city thunder with kevin dur ant. they're a study in contrasts. veteran versus youth, established super stars versus rising stars. for the heat it's all about the big three. s james, the league's most valuable player, and forward chris bosh arrived in 2010 as high-priced free agents. joining veteran guard duane wade....
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. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the justice department decision to hold military trials for alleged 9/11 mastermind khalid sheik mohammed and four other suspects at guantanamo bay. >> ifill: and tom bearden has the story of a program to heal wounded veterans just back from iraq and afghanistan. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> during the first year a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable. they lives her calf to its first breath of air and protects it on a long journey to their feeding grounds. one of the most important things you can do is help the next generation. at pacific life, we offer financial solutions to accomplish just that. your financial professional can tell you about pacific life, the power to help you succeed. >> i mean, really, where wou >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. every year, chevron spends billions with smal
. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the justice department decision to hold military trials for alleged 9/11 mastermind khalid sheik mohammed and four other suspects at guantanamo bay. >> ifill: and tom bearden has the story of a program to heal wounded veterans just back from iraq and afghanistan. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> during the first year a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable....
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, tom bowman of npr has the details on what happened and peter pham of the atlantic council updates the situation in the war-torn horn of africa nation. >> ifill: then, kwame holman has reaction to last night's state of the union speech and we examine the rhetoric and the reality with glenn kessler of the "washington post." >> brown: plus, we debate the president's overall approach to the nation's economic woes with economists heather boushey and douglas holz-eakin. >> ifill: betty ann bowser reports on how spanish television soap operas are leading the way in health education. >> "cross roads" tackles just about every health issue affects latinos from diabetes to asthma to alcohol and drug abuse. >> brown: and margaret warner updates the latest tensions in egypt, one year after the revolution. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, tom bowman of npr has the details on what happened and peter pham of the atlantic council updates the situation in the war-torn horn of africa nation. >> ifill: then, kwame holman has reaction to last night's state of the union speech and we examine the rhetoric and the reality with glenn kessler of the "washington post." >> brown: plus, we debate the president's overall approach to the nation's...
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like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats conress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthology of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and fincial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: gunfire tore at the nation's holiday mood again today, with the em
like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. >> brown: open season in congress look >> brown: seven weeks after election day, there are open seats conress. we look at contests in three senate races. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro profiles a priest who became a doctor to help haiti's poor and orphaned children. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with the editor of a new anthology of verse: 100 poems written over 100 years. >> it doesn't have poetry....
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>> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on friday robert macneil and jim lehrer look back 40 years to the story that brought them together in our special report, "covering watergate." i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.or
>> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on friday robert macneil and jim lehrer look back 40 years to the story that brought them together in our special report, "covering watergate." i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the killings and the dangerous work of aid groups in afghanistan from "new york times" reporter rod nordland, and international development expert barmak pazhwak. >> ifill: then dan balz of the "washington post" takes us to colorado, where tomorrow's primary voting could prove to be a test of the nation's political mood. o have an insurgency going on. just a lot of voters that are...
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jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the tax cuts in question were signed into law by president bush in 2001 and 2003. unless extended by congress, they'll expire on december 31st. and rates would rise across-the- board. this week president obama announced he favors keeping the current rates for the majority of american households: those with incomes below $250,000 for couples and $200,000 for individuals. but the president wants to end the cuts for top earners, whose income tax rate would go from 35% to the pre-2001 standard of 39%. republicans are resisting that move. >> they say no. and the reason is they're holding all those middle class folks who need tax relief hostage right now in order to provide tax breaks for the top 2% wealthiest americans. >> brown: g.o.p. leaders have called for extending all the cuts for at least two years. arguing that too many americans will be hurt at a time of economic stagnation. >> this particular tax increase he has in mind that he will characterize as a tax increase on the wealthy, in fact, impacts 50% of small business income, 25% of the workfo
jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the tax cuts in question were signed into law by president bush in 2001 and 2003. unless extended by congress, they'll expire on december 31st. and rates would rise across-the- board. this week president obama announced he favors keeping the current rates for the majority of american households: those with incomes below $250,000 for couples and $200,000 for individuals. but the president wants to end the cuts for top earners, whose income tax rate...
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jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so nfident an capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i was in ohio, african-american intellectuals. and that was the company i wanted to keep, and i found it here at howard. >> brown: in her new, novel, "home," morrison has revisited the early '50s, telling the story of frank money, one of many black soldiers returning from the korean war to pre-civil rights era america. hearing that his sister is dying, money makes his way across a country filled with institutional and casual racism, heading for the rural georgia town he thought he'd escaped and where he would never return. unlike her memories of her college years, it's not a happy portrait. and when we talked
jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so nfident an capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i...
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. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the justice department decision to hold military trials for alleged 9/11 mastermind khalid sheik mohammed and four other suspects at guantanamo bay. >> ifill: and tom bearden has the story of a program to heal wounded veterans just back from iraq and afghanistan. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> during the first year a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable. they lives her calf to its first breath of air and protects it on a long journey to their feeding grounds. one of the most important things you can do is help the next generation. at pacific life, we offer financial solutions to accomplish just that. your financial professional can tell you about pacific life, e power to help you succeed. >> i mean, really, where wou >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. every year, chevron spends billions with small
. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the justice department decision to hold military trials for alleged 9/11 mastermind khalid sheik mohammed and four other suspects at guantanamo bay. >> ifill: and tom bearden has the story of a program to heal wounded veterans just back from iraq and afghanistan. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> during the first year a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable....
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. >> brown: that's a short answer. greg baumgartner? >> i would have to say no, i would tend to echo kelly's feelings on that. i just... not again, no. i was offered a third tour. it just wasn't in the cards for me. i wouldn't want to do it. >> brown: p.k.ewing. >> i'm in lock step with my fellow marine. wade, i'd be right there with you. >> brown: p.k.ewing, kelly daugherty, wade zircle and greg baumgartner, thank you all very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. with eight days left until voting in iowa, republican presidential hopefuls began shifting back to full campaign mode. nigeria faced new uncertainty after christmas day attacks targeting christian churches. at least 39 people were killed. and the arab league sent monitors into syria, as the opposition reported government troops killed 275 civilians in the last week. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: on our making sense page, we have a slidesh
. >> brown: that's a short answer. greg baumgartner? >> i would have to say no, i would tend to echo kelly's feelings on that. i just... not again, no. i was offered a third tour. it just wasn't in the cards for me. i wouldn't want to do it. >> brown: p.k.ewing. >> i'm in lock step with my fellow marine. wade, i'd be right there with you. >> brown: p.k.ewing, kelly daugherty, wade zircle and greg baumgartner, thank you all very much for joining us. >> thank...
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i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the blind dissident who claimed today that chinese authorities threatened to beat his wife to death. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential race, as the campaigns ramp up in virginia, expected to be one of several key battleground states. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan reports on the balancing act for educators who try to steer clear of politics when teaching climate science. >> the science classroom is about using fundamental principles of science. it's not about talking about policy debates. it's evidence. >> brown: ray suarez examines the shifting burden of responsibility in afghanistan after president obama signed a pact heralding a new era of partnership between the two nations. >> ifill: and judy woodruff talks with gerda weissmann klein about how hehorrifying years in nazi captivity inspired her to work with students on the value of american citizenship. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs ne
i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the blind dissident who claimed today that chinese authorities threatened to beat his wife to death. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential race, as the campaigns ramp up in virginia, expected to be one of several key battleground states. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan reports on the balancing act for educators who try to steer clear of politics when teaching climate science....
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i think the world is better off. >> brown: greg baumgartner. is this an easy question for you if i ask, was it worth it question? >> it's a little bit more difficult tore me to answer that question. i have a very complex feeling about it. i certainly want and i certainly believe that what we've done in iraq, i'm hoping that the blood and treasure that we've spent on this is going to be worth it. you know, today's and even recent events with bombings in baghdad immediately after we leave, i certainly am pessimistic about that. however, i am so proud of the work that my fellow soldiers, marines and airmen did in iraq. i think that iraq right now has the best chance it's ever had or it's ever going to get. it really depends on what the iraqis want to do with it now. again i'm very pessimistic about iraq's future. >> brown: kelly daugherty, chime in here or pick up on what you started with your work after leaving the service. >> right. well i was actually on the same program about six years ago in 2005, and the question was the same. wast worth it
i think the world is better off. >> brown: greg baumgartner. is this an easy question for you if i ask, was it worth it question? >> it's a little bit more difficult tore me to answer that question. i have a very complex feeling about it. i certainly want and i certainly believe that what we've done in iraq, i'm hoping that the blood and treasure that we've spent on this is going to be worth it. you know, today's and even recent events with bombings in baghdad immediately after we...
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jeffrey brown has our book conversation. >> brown: they begin as often grisly tales of murder, the stuff of the tabloids and nightly news, but some of these crime stories end up in the supreme court, part of a continuing and evolving debate in this country about the death penalty, its methods, its effectiveness, its morality. a new book explores this history. it's titled "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." its authors are veteran journalists martin clancy and tim o'brien. the title soundsike an agatha christie mystery but you're after something quite serious. why, martin, were you... why a book on murder, the law and a supreme court? >> because the crimes intrigued us. i mean, the cases legally are very interesting and tim can speak to that. but as reporters we were both intrigued by the stories behind those crimes. i mean there are human beings, victims, perpetrators, families. we take you literally from the scene of the crime to the court. >> brown: and the stories become law at a local level and then you're telling us about how they bubble up into the supr
jeffrey brown has our book conversation. >> brown: they begin as often grisly tales of murder, the stuff of the tabloids and nightly news, but some of these crime stories end up in the supreme court, part of a continuing and evolving debate in this country about the death penalty, its methods, its effectiveness, its morality. a new book explores this history. it's titled "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." its authors are veteran journalists martin...
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thank you. >> brown: once again today, u.s. officials found themselves apologizing for pictures of american troops in afghanistan. they emerged as the u.s. tries to wind down the afghan war and the taliban tries to step up the pressure. >> i've strongly condemned what we see in those photos. >> brown: defense secretary leon panetta spoke just hours after the "los angeles times" published two images. in one, u.s. soldiers and afghan police posed with the severed legs of a suicide bomber-- seen here, partially blurred. the other appeared to show the hand of a dead insurgent, atop the shoulder of a smiling american. the incidents, from 2010, involved members of the u.s. army's 82nd airborne division. they were tasked with identifying dead afghan insurgents through iris scans and fingerprinting. panetta addressed the issue from brussels, where he and secretary of state hillary clinton attended a nato meeting on afghanistan. >> that behavior that was depicted in those photos absolutely violates both our regulations and, more importa
thank you. >> brown: once again today, u.s. officials found themselves apologizing for pictures of american troops in afghanistan. they emerged as the u.s. tries to wind down the afghan war and the taliban tries to step up the pressure. >> i've strongly condemned what we see in those photos. >> brown: defense secretary leon panetta spoke just hours after the "los angeles times" published two images. in one, u.s. soldiers and afghan police posed with the severed legs...
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good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's congressional hearing, where republicans renewed charges of a cover-up and democrats said the issue was being politicized. >> brown: then, we update the remarkable story of three cleveland women freed after being held captive for more than a decade. >> suarez: paul solman talks with the new treasury secretary, jaclew out jobs finanal
good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's congressional hearing, where republicans renewed charges of a cover-up and democrats said the issue was being politicized. >> brown: then, we update the remarkable story of three cleveland women freed after being held captive for more than a decade. >> suarez: paul solman talks with the new treasury secretary, jaclew out jobs finanal
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jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so confident and capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i was in ohio, african-american intellectuals. and that was the company i wanted to keep, and i found it here at howard. >> brown: in her new, novel, "home," morrison has revisited the early '50s, telling the story of frank money, one of many black soldiers returning from the korean war to pre-civil rights era america. hearing that his sister is dying, money makes his way across a country filled with institutional and casual racism, heading for the rural georgia town he thought he'd escaped and where he would never return. unlike her memories of her college years, it's not a happy portrait. and when we talk
jeffrey brown recently talked with her about it and her life of writing. >> brown: she would win the nobel prize for literature in 1993 and become known internationally. but in the early 1950s, toni morrison was a young student, and aspiring actress, in fact, at howard university in washington, d.c., just learning about the wider world. >> i was so confident and capable. the future was, you know, right there at your fingertips. and i was so happy to be among what i hadn't had when i...
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brown hair. i still remember his brown hair. >> what has this country, what does this culture look like to a kid coming from mexico? >> it was a wonderful opportunity because this country gave me the opportunities that my country of origin couldn't give me. i was censored in mexico when i was 23 and 24. >> as a reporter? >> as a reporter. it was the usual thing in mexico. the government would say what youould say on the air and what you cldn't say on the air. i decided i didn't want to be that kind of reporter so i sold everything and came to the united states. just imagine that now i can talk to anyone without asking permission for anything. i had to leave my country because of that. it used to be said that the powerful and the rich never leave their country, only those who need possibilities and those who are poor and those who are ambitious leave their countries. that's exactly what happened with me. i came here because i had to come here something pushed me out of mexico and something pulled
brown hair. i still remember his brown hair. >> what has this country, what does this culture look like to a kid coming from mexico? >> it was a wonderful opportunity because this country gave me the opportunities that my country of origin couldn't give me. i was censored in mexico when i was 23 and 24. >> as a reporter? >> as a reporter. it was the usual thing in mexico. the government would say what youould say on the air and what you cldn't say on the air. i decided i...
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jeffrey brown has our book conversation. >> brown: they begin as often grisly tales of murder, the stuff of the tabloids and nightly news, but some of these crime stories end up in the supreme court, part of a continuing and evolving debate in this country about the death penalty, its methods, its effectiveness, its morality. a new book explores this history. it's titled "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." its authors are veteran journalists martin clancy and tim o'brien. the title sounds like an agatha christie mystery but you're after something quite serious. why, martin, were you... why a book on murder, the law and a supreme court? >> because the crimes intrigued us. i mean, the cases legally are very interesting and tim can speak to that. but as reporters we were both intrigued by the stories behind those crimes. i mean there are human beings, victims, perpetrators, families. we take you literally from the scene of the crime to the court. >> brown: and the stories become law at a local level and then you're telling us about how they bubble up into the su
jeffrey brown has our book conversation. >> brown: they begin as often grisly tales of murder, the stuff of the tabloids and nightly news, but some of these crime stories end up in the supreme court, part of a continuing and evolving debate in this country about the death penalty, its methods, its effectiveness, its morality. a new book explores this history. it's titled "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." its authors are veteran journalists martin...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border an other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely reopen some fishing grounds, risking the industry's entire future. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks present their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and, judy woodruff talks to veteran journalist charles peters about his new book on the presidency of lyndon johnson. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of c
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border an other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely reopen some fishing grounds, risking the industry's entire future. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks present their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and, judy woodruff talks to veteran journalist charles peters about his new book on the presidency of lyndon johnson. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely...
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i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the blind dissident who claimed today that chinese authorities threatened to beat his wife to death. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential race, as the campaigns ramp up in virginia, expected to be one of several key battleground states. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan reports on the balancing act for educators who try to steer clear of politics when teaching climate science. >> the science classroom is about using fundamental principles of science. it's not about talking about policy debates. it's evidence. >> brown: ray suarez examines the shifting burden of responsibility in afghanistan after president obama signed a pact heralding a new era of partnership between the two nations. >> ifill: and judy woodruff talks with gerda weissmann klein about how her horrifying years in nazi captivity inspired her to work with students on the value of american citizenship. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs
i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the blind dissident who claimed today that chinese authorities threatened to beat his wife to death. >> brown: then, we turn to the presidential race, as the campaigns ramp up in virginia, expected to be one of several key battleground states. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan reports on the balancing act for educators who try to steer clear of politics when teaching climate science....
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i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, now that u.s. intelligence believes assad's government has used chemical weapons, we debate the american response with two former foreign policy advisers: zbigniew brzezinski and vali nasr. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez gets the latest on detroit's dire financial situation, after the city's emergency manager said it will default on $2.5 billion of debt. >> brown: six months after the tragic shootings in newtown, margaret warner updates efforts to push for gun control legislation. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we wrap up our week of stories on food security. tonight, the demand for dairy and what that means for california farmers. >> many people in the industry believe we make too much milk. my view is we don't make enough milk here in california. if you take a global view of the international dairy market, there's actually a shortage of milk around the world. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newsh
i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, now that u.s. intelligence believes assad's government has used chemical weapons, we debate the american response with two former foreign policy advisers: zbigniew brzezinski and vali nasr. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez gets the latest on detroit's dire financial situation, after the city's emergency manager said it will default on $2.5 billion of debt. >> brown: six months after the...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has the latest on the wildfire that's destroyed more than 300 homes in colorado springs, the state's second largest city. >> woodruff: we talk to the european union ambassador about the tentative deal reached in brussels today to create a bank rescue fund. >> brown: ray suarez explores the road ahead after the landmark supreme court health care decision with representatives from the obama and romney presidential campaigns. >> woodruff: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> brown: margaret warner profiles julian cardona. a mexican photojournalist who's documented the corrosive effect of drug violence on his hometown of juarez. >> woodruff: and we close with some personal reflections from margaret about what she's seen and experienced on her reporting trip. >> the fears is pretty high, here in mexico city it's completely different. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has b
. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has the latest on the wildfire that's destroyed more than 300 homes in colorado springs, the state's second largest city. >> woodruff: we talk to the european union ambassador about the tentative deal reached in brussels today to create a bank rescue fund. >> brown: ray suarez explores the road ahead after the landmark supreme court health care decision with representatives from the obama and...
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i'm judy woodruff >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on today's debate, and explore the growth and impact of student debt around the country. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez looks at global economic woes as new figures show u.s. growth slowing and fresh fiscal troubles abroad. >> brown: betty ann bowser reports on health insurance plans that trade lower premiums for higher out-of-pocket costs. >> we have been so focused on health reform in washington, what we see is a quiet revolution happening in health insurance out in the country. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and two laureates-- poets from the united states and from britain-- rlect on their public res. >> to be asked to represent and celebrate 9 thing you love most since childhood is a real privilege and a joy. so i've loved it much, much more than i anticipated. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. >> citi. s
i'm judy woodruff >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on today's debate, and explore the growth and impact of student debt around the country. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez looks at global economic woes as new figures show u.s. growth slowing and fresh fiscal troubles abroad. >> brown: betty ann bowser reports on health insurance plans that trade lower premiums for higher out-of-pocket costs. >> we have been so focused on health...
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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: we assess the impact of the drought on the price of food and other products, and examine its wider affect on the overall economy. >> woodruff: then, we conclude our series on the domestic energy boom with a debate about the benefits and pitfalls of increased oil and gas production. >> brown: gwen ifill has a conversation with "new york times" reporter rachel swarns about uncovering the rich multicultural heritage of first lady michelle obama. >> they basically had front-row seats to major moments in our history, from shrivery to the civil war, reconstruction, segregation, the migration. it is a very, very american story. >> woodruff: newshour regulars ruth marcus and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> brown: and as the thrilling olympic games wind down in london, we check in with christine brennan of "usa today." >> woodruff: that's all ahead, on tonig's newshour. mar funding r the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of thes
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. >> brown: you didn't? no. brown: it just seemed impossible? >> it seemed unlikely. brown: unlikely perhaps but many years later and after numerous operas, symphonies and oscar-fom natured film scores, glass is still thriving. >> i'm delighted to be involved with einstein again. to see the energy of it and how it connects with the performers. it's inspiring actually. they're finding things in ways of performing that we didn't know. it gives you a lot of hope for the future. >> brown: in his 75th year philip glass is being honored and celebratedded in concerts around the world and einstein on the beach is back and has challenged and engaged audiences. >> ifill: the "einstein on the beach" tour continues this coming weekend. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day, the presidential candidates beat a path to battleground states after their final debate. it marked the beginning of an all-out push to the election, 14 days from now. and wall street had one of its worst days of the year after a series of disappointing earnings reports. the dow industrials fell
. >> brown: you didn't? no. brown: it just seemed impossible? >> it seemed unlikely. brown: unlikely perhaps but many years later and after numerous operas, symphonies and oscar-fom natured film scores, glass is still thriving. >> i'm delighted to be involved with einstein again. to see the energy of it and how it connects with the performers. it's inspiring actually. they're finding things in ways of performing that we didn't know. it gives you a lot of hope for the future....
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. >> reporter: walls of muddy brown water poured down mountainsides today. that added to floods that have already inundated towns along colorado's front range. >> we've lived in this area for 32 years. never has the creek gone. it's gone over, but it's never flooded. this i would consider a 100-year flood for us. >> a foot and a half or two feet of water doesn't look like it's life threatening, but it is. it's different than normal water. >> reporter: governor john hickenlooper had those words of warning this morning for residents of his drenched state, where roads are washed out, communities are cut off and thousands are being urged to leave. >> you've got to recognize this water is filled with debris and sand, it is almost like liquid cement and just a foot and a half of water can knock people over and you can be swept away. >> reporter: the entire town of lyons was being evacuated by national guard troops after u.s. route 36 was washed out. it stranded the 2,000 people who live there. there were evacuations overnight in boulder too, as warning alarms blar
. >> reporter: walls of muddy brown water poured down mountainsides today. that added to floods that have already inundated towns along colorado's front range. >> we've lived in this area for 32 years. never has the creek gone. it's gone over, but it's never flooded. this i would consider a 100-year flood for us. >> a foot and a half or two feet of water doesn't look like it's life threatening, but it is. it's different than normal water. >> reporter: governor john...
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think "brown v. board of education." think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in congress. we only have 17 women senators, we only have six governors who are women we still have a very long way to go and when the house of representatives is having a hearing about access to birth control and the first panel is devoid of a woman, women women's voices aren't being heard. >> ifill: thank you both, one of those women is on the floor right now, that's congresswoman nidia valasquez of new york. >> i am proud to speak to you as a hispanic american. as a proud latina and a puerto rican. (cheers and applause) from being the first in my family to
think "brown v. board of education." think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in...
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jeffrey brown talks with josh ritter about his debut work of fiction. >> brown: henry bright is a 20-year-old young man just returned home to west virginia after serving in world war i when his life is turned further upsidedown. his wife dies in childbirth and henry, instructed by an angel, escapes into the wilderness with his newçç born son to flee an approaching wild fire. so begin a debut novel by a man better known for his work in another art form singer songwriter josh ritter. his most recent album go runs the world away came out last year and josh ritter joins me now. >> thank you for having me. >> brown: why a novel? people know you for your music. why this? >> i always thought as a songwriter that what a songwriter does is build sort of a hallway. you're building a hallway for people to travel down. they walk down the hallway. then at a certain point they decide toç walk through a door to the right or left. they go into their own mind and own kind of refuse re. i was interested with bright's passage which began as a song. >> brown: it did begin as a song? >> yeah, yeah.
jeffrey brown talks with josh ritter about his debut work of fiction. >> brown: henry bright is a 20-year-old young man just returned home to west virginia after serving in world war i when his life is turned further upsidedown. his wife dies in childbirth and henry, instructed by an angel, escapes into the wilderness with his newçç born son to flee an approaching wild fire. so begin a debut novel by a man better known for his work in another art form singer songwriter josh ritter....